The Supreme Court has been requested to take notice of the alleged violation by PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari of the country’s election law since he is a member of two registered political parties.

Advocate Shah Mohammad Zaman moved the apex court after his similar petition was rejected by the Sindh High Court’s Larkana circuit branch.

The petition filed in the apex court pointed out that Mr Bhutto-Zardari is chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party whose electoral symbol is ‘sword’, but contesting the Feb 8 general elections as a candidate of the PPP-Parliamentarians with the allotted symbol of ‘arrow’.

It argued that Section 205 of the Elections Act 2017 clearly put a bar on such a practice by suggesting suspension of membership in accordance with the procedure provided in the constitution of the political party.

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